Stand-up comedy fills Indiana Theater with laughter

Ryan Pasko, left, plays the mandolin during the Barbary Wine Irish Band performance at the KCAC, March 7. (Nick Dampman/ The Penn)

Ryan Pasko, left, plays the mandolin during the Barbary Wine Irish Band performance at the KCAC, March 7. (Nick Dampman/ The Penn)

If laughter is the best medicine, Indiana University of Pennsylvania students and community members got a healthy dose to combat cold season when the Indiana Theater hosted an evening of stand-up comedy Friday night.

“Red, Black and Blue Comedy Night” was hosted by comedian Zach Hudak and took place at 7 p.m. at the Indiana Theater on Philadelphia Street.

The evening of comedy was the most recent in a series of various events sponsored by the Indiana Theater in an attempt to increase Indiana’s entertainment and arts presence.

The event, which cost $10 a ticket, included performances by comedians like Julia Leist, Dan Long, Matt “Wheels” Onesti, John Pridmore, Dustin Dowling and Indiana’s own Queston Van Horne.

Although audience response was highly positive overall, the event did have a relatively rocky start, owed mostly to the late arrival of its host.

Hudak, a successful Pittsburgh comedian and former Indiana University of Pennsylvania student, was late because he had to pick up several of the event’s performers first.

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